Rohwerder, M.; Isik-Uppenkamp, S.; Chellachamy Anbalagan, A.: Application of the Kelvin probe method for screening the interfacial reactivity of conducting polymer based coatings for corrosion protection. Electrochimica Acta 56 (4), pp. 1889 - 1893 (2011)
Auinger, M.; Borodin, S.; Swaminathan, S.; Rohwerder, M.: Thermodynamic Stability and Reaction Sequence for High Temperature Oxidation Processes in Steels. Materials Science Forum 696, pp. 76 - 81 (2011)
Khan, T. R.; Erbe, A.; Auinger, M.; Marlow, F.; Rohwerder, M.: Electrodeposition of zinc-silica composite coatings: Challenges in incorporating functionalized silica particles into a zinc matrix. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 12 (5), 055005 (2011)
Hamou, F. R.; Biedermann, P. U.; Erbe, A.; Rohwerder, M.: Numerical simulation of probing the electric double layer by scanning electrochemical potential microscopy. Electrochimica Acta 55 (18), pp. 5210 - 5222 (2010)
Frenznick, S.; Swaminathan, S.; Stratmann, M.; Rohwerder, M.: A novel approach to determine high temperature wettability and interfacial reactions in liquid metal/solid interface. Bulletin of Materials Science 45 (8), pp. 2106 - 2111 (2010)
Borissov, D.; Pareek, A.; Renner, F. U.; Rohwerder, M.: Electrodeposition of Zn and Au–Zn alloys at low temperature in an ionic liquid. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 12 (9), pp. 2059 - 2062 (2010)
Fenster, J. C.; Rohwerder, M.; Hassel, A. W.: The impedance-titrator: A novel setup to perform automated pH-dependent electrochemical experiments. Materials and Corrosion-Werkstoffe und Korrosion 60 (11), pp. 855 - 858 (2009)
Rohwerder, M.; Duc, L.; Michalik, A.: In situ investigation of corrosion localised at the buried interface between metal and conducting polymer based composite coatings. Electrochimica Acta 54 (25), pp. 6075 - 6081 (2009)
Rohwerder, M.; Isik-Uppenkamp, S.; Stratmann, M.: Application of SKP for in situ monitoring of ion mobility along insulator/insulator interfaces. Electrochimica Acta 54 (25), pp. 6058 - 6062 (2009)
Borissov, D.; Isik-Uppenkamp, S.; Rohwerder, M.: Fabrication of iron nanowire arrays by electrodeposition into porous alumina. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 (8), pp. 3133 - 3138 (2009)
Frenznick, S.; Stratmann, M.; Rohwerder, M.: A new advanced experimental setup for in-depth study of the interfacial reaction during reactive wetting. Review of Scientific Instruments 79 (4), 043901 (2008)
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